Local AI Notes vs Real Todo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Local AI Notes
This note-taking app organizes your thoughts by topic and sets reminders. It offers features like goal setting, task planning, and a smart mode for local language processing. All data is stored and processed on your device for enhanced privacy.
- Automatic note clustering by topic
- Integrated reminders and calendar events
- Goal and habit tracking with sub-goals
- Local AI language model for smart features
- Brain dump for quick note capture
- Face ID lock and encrypted backups
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local ai notes is a note app for your iPhone that thinks along, entirely on device. Write, paste or speak. Notes on the same topic gather into clusters by themselves, "remind me tomorrow at 9 to call the dentist" becomes a reminder, and /ask answers questions from your own notes. NEW: GOALS Set up projects and habits with sub-goals and checklist steps. Notes and tasks that fit sort in automatically. You decide what counts as progress, like three workouts a week or five hours on your thesis. Plan a weekly focus and look back on what you got done. ALSO • Reminders, calendar events and /plan, which fits your open tasks into today's free time • Brain Dump: say everything at once, get separate notes and reminders • Optional Smart Mode with a local language model • Face ID lock, encrypted backups, Siri and Shortcuts • A refined design, in light and dark No account, no cloud, no tracking. Everything runs on your iPhone, and your notes never leave it.
Real Todo
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Real Todo is a minimal task app built for everyday follow-through. The main screen stays simple: one task list and a native bottom command area for switching active/completed items, searching, and adding. No tab maze, no heavy project setup. Open it, capture the task, finish it, move on. Create tasks with text, voice, or photos. Voice capture turns spoken thoughts into editable text. Photo entries let you keep receipts, whiteboards, screenshots, or other visual context inside the task. Each task can include a title, notes, attachments, completion state, and quick actions for restore, delete, and copy. Key features - Active and completed task views - Native bottom search that filters the current view - Text, voice, and photo-based creation - Markdown-style writing with inline photo previews - Date-grouped lists with recent items first - Swipe actions for complete, restore, delete, and copy - Local-first storage for tasks and attachments - One-time Pro upgrade for unlimited task creation Best for - Capturing small tasks before they disappear - Keeping a lightweight personal checklist - Turning voice notes into actionable items - Saving photo context together with what you need to do Real Todo is not built to turn life into a project management system. It is built to help you catch the next real thing and get back to doing it. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Local AI Notes at none against Real Todo's 2. Real Todo's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Real Todo sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Local AI Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Local AI Notes | Real Todo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 266 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Florian Wachter | 胜天 何 |
In-app purchases
Local AI Notes
No in-app purchases
Real Todo
- Real Todo Pro Lifetime$0.99
- Small Tip$0.99









